Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Parent taxon: Cytherellidae according to J. F. Babinot and J. P. Colin 2011
See also Bergue and Govindan 2010, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1973, Harloff and Jäger 1994, Howe and Garrett 1934 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cavellininae, Cytherella, Cytherellinae, Issacharella, Leviella, Platella, Pyricythereis
Subtaxa: Cytherelloidea buisensis Cytherelloidea circumscripta Cytherelloidea denticulata Cytherelloidea drexlerae Cytherelloidea ghabounensis Cytherelloidea jessupensis Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis Cytherelloidea patagonica Cytherelloidea pulchella Cytherelloidea spirocostata
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Panama (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Colombia (5), India (1), Italy (3)
• Oligocene of Mexico (1), Puerto Rico (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), India (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (3), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana)
• Paleocene of Argentina (5), Indian Ocean (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (9), Argentina (1), France (1), Germany (4), Japan (2), Morocco (5), the Netherlands (2), Tunisia (4), United States (5: Oklahoma, Texas)
• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (46), Madagascar (2), Portugal (5), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (11), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (10)
• Triassic of Iran (1)
Total: 155 collections including 171 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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